A review by ettaviereads
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

4 🌶️ 

My first ever book by Lucinda Dark did not disappoint. Her ability to craft a complex world with a multi-class system that isn’t exactly what it seems on the outside left me desperate to pick the book up anytime I had to put it down. 

Kiera’s strong, I don’t need a man mentality, made her the perfect FMC for this book.  She is able to adjust her abilities to fit the situation but also maintains her take crap from no one attitude, which sometimes gets her into trouble. 

The three Darkhaven brothers are also extremely interesting as a group. Each has their own unique personality that is vastly  different from the other two brothers, which sets them up as an interesting trio for Kiera to be assigned to. 

Overall, the plot moves very quickly but includes snippets of world building, introduction of new characters and complications, but also keeps the reader constantly guessing what will happen next or if we will find out certain details about characters or the plot. 

There are several scenes of intimate encounters throughout the book but in my opinion the best one comes significantly later after an intense slow burn that left me reeling as to the choices of the two characters involved. 

This is an adult novel with several trigger warnings and explicit scenes. If you choose to read this, please check the warnings first. 
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